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Seminar 2021: Reducing the inadvertent spread of retracted science: taxonomy considerations
…machine-readable form and to encourage publishers to alert users to corrections/retractions using a standard, cross-publisher UI convention. What have we learned from CrossMark and how would we do things differently if we were starting again? Reducing the inadvertent spread of retracted… - News
In the news: February 2018 Digest
…confidence one would have in the results.http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2005203 Other news..... On Jan 16,… - News
In the news: July Digest
…href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0217295" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0217295 Data and reproducibility In an effort to improve reproducibility as well as avoid spin or subjective bias, the British Journal of Anaesthesia has introduced an additional step for some submissions, whereby an independent expert is… - News
In the news: February Digest
…their chosen field of enquiry". https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/about/news/story.htm?id=8875 Peer review Hilda Bastian amusingly illustrates 5 research studies about editorial peer review. These studies suggest that the peer review process may increase the likelihood of… - Forum discussion topics
Ethical aspects of conference proceedings
September 2022 Watch the introduction to the topic "Ethical aspects of conference proceedings" with COPE Council member, Howard Browman. - News
New: Chinese resources
…Integrity, University of South Australia Chinese presentation English presentation Session 4 - News
In the news: November 2018 Digest
…findings. COPE Council member Deborah Kahn Read November Digest: Post-Publication Discussions and Corrections… Become a member
…guidelines other guidelines Eligibility Peer-reviewed scholarly journals that have been publishing for a minimum of 12 months; Companies that publish peer-reviewed scholarly journals; and Individuals or companies who are interested in publication ethics and are working in or associated with the publication of…Past Council Members
COPE has benefited from many experienced editors and other publishing professionals who have served COPE as volunteers. Below is a list of COPE's previous Trustees and Council Members. Michael Farthing, co-Founder, Chair (1997-2003) Richard Horton, co-Founder (1997) Richard Smith,…- News
A vision for a more trans-inclusive publishing world: guest article
…High level principles for name changes in publishing Transgender, non-binary, and/or gender diverse—here shortened to “trans”—authors seeking to receive full credit for their work face unique challenges and risks. Trans people do not receive the same legal protections against discrimination as cisgender people worldwide; they are subject to significant risk… - News
In the news: April 2020
…href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0228914" target="_blank">https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0228914 Predatory Publishing IGI Global has published a series of related articles and resources to help combat Predatory or Fake publications. This issue includes a description of the Texas Tech education program about open access and predatory publishing and also a paper about… - Seminars and webinars
Webinar 2022: Managing paper mills
…Practical steps for managing paper mills September 2022 During Peer Review Week COPE hosted a webinar for journal editors and publishers on the practical steps to take in managing paper mills. Speakers described their experience of managing paper mills affecting their journals, with practical tips on how to manage systematic… - News
Case Discussion: Editor and reviewers requiring authors to cite their own work
…discussion document which will be ready, on our website, early this year. Nancy Chescheir on behalf of the COPE Education Subcommittee Read January 2019 COPE Digest newsletter and use the COPE… - Case
Authors referring readers to an objectionable version of an article on a preprint site
…should produce one and communicate it to their readership appropriately. This will safeguard them prospectively. Related resources Bourne PE, Polka JK, Vale RD, Kiley R (2017) Ten simple rules to consider regarding preprint submission. PLoS Comput Biol 13(5): e1005473. - Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2021: How do publication ethics practices for journals apply to book publishing?
…href="https://publicationethics.org/registration-cope-seminar-2021">REGISTER --> How do publication ethics practices for journals apply to book publishing? Presentation… - Case
Ethical approval requirements for case study reports
…giving the name and reference number of the relevant IRB. Other cases still simply state that patient consent is available and give the name of the institution which has granted approval, and the protocol ID, while a final category provide no statement about ethical approval. Question for COPE Council: Under what circumstances should a journal require the author(s) of… - Guidelines
Cooperation between research institutions and journals on research integrity and publication misconduct cases
…after institutional investigation. The guidelines provide recommendations for actions by research institutions and journals on points of contact, information sharing, and communication. The guidelines also discuss potential misconduct affecting more than one journal or institution, and how the published scholarly record should be corrected. - Forum discussion topics
Dealing with complaints about the integrity of published research
June 2022 Watch the introduction to the topic "Dealing with complaints about the integrity of published research" with COPE Council member, Jigisha Patel. - News
Predatory behaviour in publication ethics
…we offer an overview of how this issue intersects with a number of other problems in scholarly publishing. At COPE it is clear that predatory publishing is just one aspect of a wider network of unethical activities. The different elements of this network seek to profit from a system which dilutes the scholarly literature, either dupes authors or actively… - News
In the news: December 2021
…identifying journals which showed editorial bias in accepting papers from specific authors. The authors used the tools on all articles in a sample of 5468 NLM indexed biomedical journals. They found that in most journals, publications are distributed across a large number of authors. However, in the journals with the…